思想的珍珠篇08：Shining Light Dark Corners 照亮黑暗角落的光芒

Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life? 帕帕德罗斯博士，人生的意义是什么呢？ The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go. 问题照例引来了人们的笑声，人们骚动着要离开了。 Papaderos held up his hand

思想的珍珠篇09：Life Struggle生命的拼搏

Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects... One day while walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He took it home. A few days later, a sma

思想的珍珠篇10：Louder than Anything You Can Say行胜于言

I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth removed. The young ma

思想的珍珠篇11：Big Rocks 人生的大石头

One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. 一天，时间管理专家为一群学生讲课。他现场做了演示，给学生们留下了

思想的珍珠篇12：Nails in the Fence篱笆上的钉子

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day he had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next

思想的珍珠篇13：Treasure Starfish珍贵的海星

Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving li

思想的珍珠篇14：busy忙

Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. 从前，有一个健壮的伐木工人

思想的珍珠篇15：Time to Learn学有所成的时间

A young but earnest Zen student approached his teacher,and asked the Zen Master:If I work very hard and diligently how long will it take for me to find Zen. The Master thought about this, then replied, Ten years. The student then said,But what if I w

思想的珍珠篇06：The Magic Pebbles 神奇的鹅卵石

Why do we have to learn all of this dumb stuff? Of all the complaints and questions I have heard from my students during my years in the classroom,this was the one most frequentlyuttered.I would answer it by recounting the following legend. 为什么我

浮华背后篇01：The Gold Chain金链

Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman who always dreamed of becoming rich. He wished to become a millionaire, and so did his wife. 很久以前，有个贫穷的渔夫，他总是梦想着能够发大财，希望自己能够成为百万富翁，

浮华背后篇02：The Potter陶工

Once there was a very religious and skillful potter whose pottery was well-known far and wide. However, he was not satisfied with his finely crafted but fragile pottery. He thought if the pottery made by him could be unbreakable, his reputation and h

浮华背后篇03：Dig a Little Deeper 再挖深一点

There's a story about the California gold rush that tells of two brothers who sold all they had and went with the hope of hunting for gold. They discovered a vein of the shining mine, staked a claim, and got down to the serious business of getting th

浮华背后篇04：The Marbles 大理石m

Once upon a time, there was a foolish boy who had a bag full of beautiful marbles. Now this boy was quite proud of his marbles. In fact, he thought so much of them that he would neither play with them himself nor would he let anyone else play with th

浮华背后篇11：Marrie玛丽

Marie was a single mother of two children in a rural Missouri community. She worked full-time during the day and sold handcrafted leather gifts on weekends. She also dedicated much spare time to numerous charities and community projects. 玛利是位两

超越自我篇01：Follow Your Dream追随梦想

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. 英语智慧美文之超越自我篇01：Follow Your Dream追随梦想mp3 There was a yo

超越自我篇02：Ask,Ask,Ask敢于追求

Markita Andrews, the greatest saleswoman in the world today, 玛奇塔.安德鲁斯。是现今世界上最优秀的女推销员。 has generated more than eighty thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old. 从她七岁以

超越自我篇03：The Rose Within内心的玫瑰

A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it. 有个人种了一株玫瑰，按时浇水。在它就要开花的时候，他来检查了一下。 He saw the bud that would soon blossom ,but noticed th

超越自我篇04:Summon up Courage 鼓起勇气

There were two men who both decided to get a horse for riding .One man found a red horse with much spirit. The other chose one more docile. They would go riding together every day. It so happened on the route they would take around the countryside, t

超越自我篇05:The Farmer's Donkey井中之驴

One day a farmers donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway and it just wasnt worth it to retrie

超越自我篇06：逆境求生

In 1982 Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life raft, alone. His supplies were few. His chances were small. Yet when three fishermen fo